| APIOLOGIES | • APIOLOGY n. the study of bees. |
| ASPERGILLI | • aspergilli n. Plural of aspergillus. • ASPERGILLUS n. (Latin) a minute fungus forming mould. |
| CALIPERING | • calipering v. Present participle of caliper. • CALIPER v. to measure with calipers. |
| DEPILATING | • depilating v. Present participle of depilate. • DEPILATE v. to remove hair. |
| EPIPELAGIC | • epipelagic adj. Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the water from the surface of the sea down to 200 metres. • EPIPELAGIC adj. relating to the upper, sunlit layer of sea. |
| EXPLAINING | • explaining v. Present participle of explain. • explaining n. Explanation. • EXPLAIN v. to make clear and understandable. |
| HEMIPLEGIA | • hemiplegia n. Total or partial inability to move one side of the body. • HEMIPLEGIA n. a palsy that affects one side only of the body. |
| IMPANELING | • impaneling v. Present participle of impanel. • IMPANEL v. to put onto a list for jury duty, also IMPANNEL. |
| IMPEARLING | • impearling v. Present participle of impearl. • IMPEARL v. to make pearl-like. |
| IMPLEADING | • impleading v. Present participle of implead. • IMPLEAD v. to sue in a court of law. |
| LIPREADING | • lipreading n. The act of reading lips. • lipreading v. Present participle of lipread. • lip-reading n. Alternative form of lipreading. |
| PENALISING | • penalising v. Present participle of penalise. • PENALISE v. to subject to penalty, also PENALIZE. |
| PENALIZING | • penalizing v. Present participle of penalize. • PENALIZE v. to subject to penalty, also PENALISE. |
| PERIGONIAL | • perigonial adj. Of or related to the perigonium. • PERIGONIAL adj. of or like a perigone, an organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth. |
| PILGRIMAGE | • pilgrimage n. A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey. • pilgrimage n. (By extension) A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event. • pilgrimage v. To go on a pilgrimage. |
| PIXELATING | • pixelating v. Present participle of pixelate. • PIXELATE v. to divide an image into pixels for display in a digital format, also PIXELLATE, PIXILATE, PIXILLATE. |
| PLAGIARIES | • plagiaries n. Plural of plagiary. • PLAGIARY n. the act of passing off another's work as one's own. |
| PLAGIARISE | • plagiarise v. Alternative spelling of plagiarize. • PLAGIARISE v. to steal ideas or writings from another person and present them as one's own, also PLAGIARIZE. |
| PLAGIARIZE | • plagiarize v. (Transitive, intransitive) To use, and pass off as one’s own, someone else’s writing, speech, ideas… • PLAGIARIZE v. to steal ideas or writings from another person and present them as one's own, also PLAGIARISE. |
| PREVAILING | • prevailing adj. Predominant; of greatest force. • prevailing adj. Prevalent, common, widespread. • prevailing v. Present participle of prevail. |